{"id":135071,"date":"2025-09-11T11:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/135071\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:19:09","slug":"how-cameron-munster-is-helping-collingwood-in-their-premiership-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/135071\/","title":{"rendered":"How Cameron Munster is helping Collingwood in their premiership charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Collingwood\u2019s Jeremy Howe has turned to an unlikely source in his race to be fit for next week\u2019s preliminary final \u2013 Melbourne Storm playmaker Cameron Munster.<\/p>\n<p>The Magpies defender has been battling a recurring groin injury, one that forced him out of the Round 24 clash against Melbourne.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But after weeks of rehabilitation, the 35-year-old says he\u2019s on track to return, thanks in part to advice from the NRL superstar.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A couple of hidden talents\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sunrise, Howe revealed he reached out to Munster, who himself overcame a similar setback in rapid time. \u201cAny time you cop an injury, you\u2019re always looking for resources or experiences, and he was fortunate enough to get back (from a similar injury) in a four-week period,\u201d Howe said.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/afl\/news\/captain-zach-merrett-escapes-essendon-hawthorn\/950a6510282be5d185c0ea8c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zach Merrett escapes Essendon? What happens if the captain doesn&#8217;t go down with the ship?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c(I) reached out, and he gave me a couple of hidden talents to help get me through, and I feel like I\u2019ve had good up-tick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Howe added that everything in his preparation is \u201ctrending really well\u201d, with a crucial training session to come before the Magpies\u2019 penultimate clash.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 2023 Norm Smith Medallist Bobby Hill is also pushing for a return after missing significant time due to personal matters. Howe said his teammates are eager to welcome him back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe players are always happy to get him back in the environment; we feel like that\u2019s a really good place for him to be \u2026 it looks like he\u2019s up and about and he\u2019s smiling, so we\u2019ll wait and see,\u201d Howe said.<\/p>\n<p>Collingwood are now weighing up their best line-up for the preliminary final, with Munster\u2019s input proving an unlikely boost in their premiership quest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collingwood\u2019s Jeremy Howe has turned to an unlikely source in his race to be fit for next week\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-135071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}